communicateur

\kɔ.my.ni.ka.tœʁ\

/\kɔ.my.ni.ka.tœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“communicateur” is an uncommon French word, ranked #50,730 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.

#50,730
frequency rank, French
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui met en communication, qui communique.

Key facts for communicateur
PropertyValue
Headwordcommunicateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\kɔ.my.ni.ka.tœʁ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#50,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “communicateur” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). communicateur lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for communicateur is 13 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \kɔ.my.ni.ka.tœʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #50,730 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Qui met en communication, qui communique.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for communicateur, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is communicateur, spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui met en communication, qui communique.

Synonyms

communiquant

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "communicateur"?
"communicateur" is spelled C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \kɔ.my.ni.ka.tœʁ\.
What does "communicateur" mean?
As an adjective, "communicateur" means: Qui met en communication, qui communique.
How do you pronounce "communicateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "communicateur" is \kɔ.my.ni.ka.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "communicateur" come from?
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Using “communicateur”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \kɔ.my.ni.ka.tœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list